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Local residents walk past a house destroyed by an earthquake that killed nearly 1,000 people and devastated villages in eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. AFP
Politics

For Afghan quake victims, sympathy came faster than help

The dust has now settled over Jalalabad, sat behind the jagged silhouette of the Hindu Kush. An Afghan town not far from the border with Pakistan, it…

Kaswar Klasra 04 September , 2025
A worker mining lead sulphide in the border area between Morocco and Algeria. Alamy
Business & Economy

Algeria’s mineral wealth gives it a new edge

What lies beneath the ground in Algeria has long been of interest economically, but for decades, all anyone thought about was oil and gas. Lately,…

Rabia Abdul Salam 04 September , 2025
Opinion

The push to eliminate trans fat is gaining steam

Ahead of the 25 September United Nations General Assembly head of state meeting on protecting people from noncommunicable diseases, Austria, Norway,…

Al Majalla - London 04 September , 2025
Policy backfire? Trump pushes India into China's arms
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Policy backfire? Trump pushes India into China's arms

Fares Garabet 03 September , 2025
Al-Ma'arri in his residence as depicted in a 1965 book Wikipedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Al-Ma’arri’s satirical poetry reimagined for today's readers

Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, who was born in the latter half of the 10th century, was a Syrian philosopher, poet, and writer known for his anti-religious…

Ali Almuqri 03 September , 2025
Lebanon’s challenge to disarm Hezbollah Pep Boatella
Politics

Lebanon’s challenge to disarm Hezbollah

The issue of Hezbollah’s arms is not new—it dates back to the aftermath of the Israeli invasion in 1982, when Iran carved out a military footprint in…

Al Majalla - London 03 September , 2025
Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity? Pep Boatella
Politics

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

A half-century after the start of a horrific civil war—one that lasted 15 years and paved the way for foreign occupation, armed conflict, and…

Frederic C. Hof 03 September , 2025
A portrait of a soldier in Beirut, Lebanon. 
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Politics

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

In his inaugural speech in January, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that the Lebanese state should regain its monopoly over the use of force,…

Bilal Saab 03 September , 2025
Opinion

Can the Lebanese army disarm Hezbollah?

The United States has given the Lebanese government a tall order: the disarmament of Hezbollah and Palestinian factions, bringing the monopoly of…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 September , 2025

Protests for Palestine, water shows and more from the world

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Revellers covered in tomato pulp carry a Palestinian flag during the annual 'La Tomatina' food fight festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, on August 27, 2025.

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REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

A man watches another man on a flyboard during a water show in Musandam, Oman, on August 27, 2025.

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REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Demonstrators take part in a vigil honouring the lives of Palestinian journalists and medics killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza, outside Union Station in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2025.

REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Demonstrators clash with riot police outside Jakarta Mobile Brigade headquarters, after a motorcycle taxi driver died after being struck and run over by a police vehicle in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 29, 2025.

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REUTERS/Stringer

A resident holds his cat as he stands near his apartment building hit during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 30, 2025.

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REUTERS/Jack Taylor

A motorcyclist rides past The Bell Hotel, after the British government won a court ruling resulting in asylum seekers not being evicted from the hotel in Epping, Britain, August 31, 2025.

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Juni KRISWANTO / AFP

A bride and groom wait for their marriage approval hearing during a mass officiating event in Indonesia for dozens of couples who were previously wedded under local traditions, which are not legally recognised, on August 27, 2025.

WANG Zhao / AFP
WANG Zhao / AFP

A child looks at a mural of the Great Wall of China as she visits an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II at a museum in Beijing on August 27, 2025.

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Mohd RASFAN / AFP

Malaysian schoolchildren wave national flags during the 68th National Day celebrations in Putrajaya on August 31, 2025.

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Magdalena Chodownik/Getty

A military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's independence takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 2, 2025.

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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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